Politics

Civil rights leaders in South Carolina say they plan to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to rename the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed segregation.
Biden denied the GOP their biggest policy goals, and Democrats appear set to line up behind a deal they concede is imperfect.
Congressional leaders are likely to rely on more moderate members on both sides of the aisle to approve the agreement.
Both sides can point to some victories in the debt ceiling deal reached between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The Democratic president and Republican speaker reached the agreement after the two spoke earlier Saturday evening.
Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the bill blocking trans college athletes from playing on teams that align with their gender identity.
Paxton has accused his Republican colleagues of being liberals and one of them of being drunk.
The White House is resisting new limits on food benefits for unemployed adults.
Courts have repeatedly rejected the Florida governor's narrow-minded agenda as a “positively dystopian” assault on free speech and due process.
Republicans want the FBI to substantiate or refute an allegation that Biden took money as vice president. In the meantime, they're publicizing the rumor.